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Title	Face in the wall
Alternative Title	Moaning wall; Wall with a face; Face on the wall;
Genre	Local Legend
Description	Cheryl Ashworth's transcribed interview of Sherry Boatman about the Face in the Wall in Terre Haute, Indiana. According to Boatman, a man bought his son a new car for his birthday, and as the son was pulling out of the driveway he was killed. The father was so upset that he had his son's face carved into the wall.
Informant	Boatman, Sherry
Collector	Ashworth, Cheryl
Date of Original	1970-03
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- Terre Haute -- 1970
Subject	Legends Terre Haute (Ind.) Death Faces Automobile racing Automobile driving Automobiles Fruitridge Avenue (Terre Haute, Ind.) Hulman Street (Terre Haute, Ind.)
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-06-21
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-FaceintheWall016

Face in the wall

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